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with gallery: Robert C. Metcalf's mid-century modern 'Crane House' featured on Sunday home tour

• Read more on the event: Ann Arbor City Club to hold annual home tour this weekend

When Jim and Linda Elert bought their home at 830 Avon in Ann Arbor, they weren't exactly looking for a mid-century modern house.

With Gallery/video: Tappan 8th-graders play preview concert ahead of June performance at Lincoln Memorial

Friends, family and a few special guests crowded into Tappan Middle School’s gymnasium Wednesday morning for a preview of the music program’s ‘I Have a Dream’ 50th Celebration Concert, which will be performed June 13 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

with gallery: Amtrak train strikes semi-trailer in Ann Arbor Township

Editor's note: This article was updated at 2:50 p.m. with information from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office about at 4:30 p.m. with information from Amtrak.

An Amtrak passenger train struck a semitrailer carrying kayaks on the tracks near North Maple Road and Huron River Drive in Ann Arbor Township Saturday afternoon.

Photo gallery: Images from The Color Run Ypsilanti

• Related: The Color Run: Party atmosphere overtakes Ypsilanti as 15,000 dash through streets

It's called the happiest 5K on the planet, and The Color Run in Ypsilanti Saturday lived up to its billing.

Ypsilanti Color Run: Party atmosphere overtakes city as 15,000 dash through streets

Participants get doused with color during The Color Run in Ypsilanti Saturday.

Daniel J. Brenner | AnnArbor.com

• Related: Images from The Color Run Ypsilanti

Bonnie and Ed Penet watched Saturday morning as people of all shapes and sizes doused in a kaleidoscope of colors crossed the finish line at The Color Run in Ypsilanti.

The Penets didn't have to go far. The run ends in Riverside Park, a stone's throw from their home.

photo gallery: Images from Pioneer Theater Guild's performance of 'Shrek: The Musical'

The Pioneer High School Theatre Guild performed "Shrek: The Musical" Friday, May 3.

With gallery: Michigan-focused gift shop opening in Ypsilanti's Depot Town

A new gift shop, The Eyrie, will open in Ypsilanti's Depot Town by the end of April and will sell predominately Michigan-made products.

Owner Janette Rook said her 750-square-foot business at 9 E. Cross St. will sell about 95 percent locally made items and the rest will be from California.

with gallery: Ann Arbor's Dicken Elementary School hosts cultural celebration

Dicken Elementary School held a Community of Cultures assembly Friday to help students learn about different people and countries around the world and to raise cultural awareness of the various cultures represented right at Dicken.

photo gallery: Images from Michigan Robotics Day at the Big House

• Related: Rick Snyder: Michigan poised to be a leader in autonomous vehicle research

Around 500 registered participants attended the Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club on Monday, April 15, 2013.

The event, hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the University of Michigan, offered hands-on interaction with autonomous vehicles, robotics teams and a demonstation of autonomous aerial vehicles.

with video: Several fires set in Ann Arbor after Michigan Wolverines lose NCAA championship to Louisville

Update: Ann Arbor officials: Despite 9 fires, night of Michigan basketball loss was relatively tame

Soon after Louisville doused Michigan's hope of a national basketball title on the court, the Ann Arbor Fire Department was putting out several fires in the city.

photo gallery: Ann Arbor's FestiFools: See images from behind the scenes

With the seventh annual FestiFools around the corner, University of Michigan students worked diligently to finish their larger-than-life paper mache creations.

photo gallery: Dexter tornado anniversary: Take a look back at the past year in photos

AnnArbor.com is taking a look back at a year's worth of photos as Dexter marks the anniversary of the tornado that hit March 15, 2012.

with gallery: Whimsical retail shop Catching Fireflies now open in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown

April and Steve McCrumb brought a pop of color to the Kerrytown neighborhood last week with the opening of their Catching Fireflies retail shop.

with gallery: Dense snowfall leaves 26,000 without power and a messy cleanup across Washtenaw County

Update: 23,000 still without power in Washtenaw County after winter storm blasts area

Jason Williams started plowing around midnight.

At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, he was still at it, zipping around the nearly cleared parking lot of a Scio Township shopping plaza in a Bobcat snow remover, performing some finishing touches. Williams estimated he'd plowed about a dozen lots -- from banks to grocery stores -- all over the Ann Arbor area after 4 to 7 inches of the white stuff fell overnight.

Reader Gallery: See and share photos from winter storm in Ann Arbor

A dense snow has blanketed Ann Arbor, breaking branches, causing power outages and forcing schools to close.

See some of the photos submitted by AnnArbor.com readers from across Washtenaw County then send us your shot to be added to the gallery.

with gallery: Community High School lottery: An emotional experience for Ann Arbor students

• Previous story: Record number of applicants hope for low numbers in Tuesday's Community High School lottery

Andrea Shapiro ran her finger down the list of numbers posted on the window outside Community High School Tuesday afternoon.

In the next instant, she was jumping up and down, a giant smile stretched from ear to ear. A group of students nearby shouted to Shapiro, "Did you get in?" She nodded her head fiercely.

with gallery: Fans inundate M Den store to meet Denard Robinson

Sales associate Dearron Haygood, who has worked at M Den for the last eight years, said he's never seen a bigger crowd at the downtown Ann Arbor store than he did Saturday. The draw: Denard Robinson, University of Michigan senior and star football player.

photo gallery: Girl Scouts pay tribute to Hurricane Sandy victims

• Previous story: Local Girl Scout troops make blankets for victims of Hurricane Sandy

Girl Scout Troop 40112 on Tuesday completed a bundle of blankets to send to the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J.

gallery: Images from the North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show is the yearly showcase of not only cars, but ideas and innovation. This year Washtenaw County talent was heavily featured as well.

Photographer Daniel Brenner was there to capture images.

with gallery: Ann Arbor 8th-graders prepare for Washington D.C. performance honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

As the nation prepares to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, music students at one Ann Arbor middle school are practicing for an upcoming event at the nation's capital that celebrates the famous civil rights activist.

Eighth-graders at Tappan Middle School will experience history, as they perform on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for thousands of people this June.